Thursday, September 11, 2008

painful memories

I don't think we should let this day go by without remembering.

I wish we could do it without pain, but I am not sure that it is possible.

I am going to let this young man give you an inside look at the pain of losing someone on this day -- as opposed to the rest of us who just lost our sense of security or innocence.

It is short, but you will still need the tissues.

YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

My favorite part:
"Being in certain places, when I'm at a happy time, just somewhere in my mind, he won't get out of there. He's just stuck in my mind. And that makes me a little sadder, where I am."
He still dreams of his grandfather, Frankie said — dreams in which the whole family is together again. And he knows what he would say to his grandfather if he could speak to him.
"I love you," Frankie said, "and there's no other grandfather I'd rather see than you."

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